Telethon Weekend 2018

Channel 7 Perth's Telethon is the highest fundraising Telethon (per capita) in the world and we're proud of that, so we're already lining up a huge list of Channel 7 artists and some of the hottest acts around to entertain you at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre and encourage you to donate over the Telethon weekend on October 20 & 21, 2018 on Channel 7 and GWN7 across Western Australia.

Be Part of Telethon 2018

Telethon Audience Tickets

Tickets for the opening show and closing show are on sale NOW ticketek.com.au or by calling 13 28 49. Tickets are available for the opening show on Saturday 20 October between 6:30pm – 9pm and the closing show on Sunday 21 October between 6:30pm – 8:30pm. To watch the show at any other time is a gold coin donation. Children aged 2 and under can sit on their parents lap and don’t need a ticket.

Bendigo Bank Kids Carnival

The Bendigo Bank Kids Carnival is one of the coolest places to hang out across the Telethon weekend. Each day we open the doors to a special kids world where they can meet Channel 7 stars at the mix94.5 Celebrity Stage, have as many rides as they like and get their face painted (and yours if you want). It's all part of Bendigo Bank's community involvement!

HBF Fitness Challenge

Every year Matt Fuller from Fuller Fitness gets his buddies Soa "The Hulk" Palelei and Josh Catalano together to train to go non stop for 24 hours across the Telethon weekend to raise money for the kids of WA. In 2018 the team are going to try to beat the incredible $150,000 raised last year.

Telethon Beneficiaries Expo

While you're at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, you can check out some of the different organisations who received money from Telethon 2017. The Beneficiaries Expo will be open both days between 10am and 5pm.

Telethon 2017 Highlights

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Take a look back at highlights from Telethon 2017

2018 Little Telethon Star - Kaide Stratton

10 year old Kaide was diagnosed with mucopolysaccahridosis (MPS for short!). Fortunately, Kaide was diagnosed with MPS IVA (or Morquio syndrome), probably the least severe of the spectrums. Morquio syndrome is a genetic condition where parents are carriers but show no signs. It's a degenerative and progressive condition with no known cure and very rare impacting 1 in 250,000 births.

Kaide is a true inspiration. He shows so much courage and perseverance and will never give up. Kaide doesn’t understand anything other than top speed. He brings life to any group and will certainly leave this world having made an impression!

The one thing we SHOULD tell you about Kaide is that he doesn't like chocolate... SHOCKING!

2018 Little Telethon Star - Charlotte Meredith

6 year old Charlotte was born with Congenital Heart Disease, diagnosed with Pulmonary Atresia with hypoplastic right ventricle.

At just eight days old was the first time Charlotte would be handed over to the cardiology surgical team for her first of several heart operations. At 10 months of age Charlotte returned to Princess Margaret Hospital for her second surgery and her first open heart surgery. Another surgery at 1 and ½ and in November 2016 at almost 5 years old had the completion of her Fontan.

Each and every surgery Charlotte has amazed her parents, and has developed in leaps and bounds surprising her family, nurses and doctors and cardiology team.

Charlotte is a quite achiever and often found tucked away in a corner of the house reading her books or writing, and often heard trying to be a teacher to her younger sister! We can all relate to Charlotte when she says she hates the rain and when she loses a game!

Start a fundraiser!

You can help us beat the Telethon total of $36,431,381 by having your own fundraiser. Remember, every cent counts.

Start Workplace Giving

Your company can involve your employees in raising money for Telethon by starting a Workplace Giving Program. Employees who donate through Workplace Giving means they pay less tax because their donation comes out of their pay pre-tax. Plus, they get to help the kids of WA at the same time. You could even incentivise them by matching what they donate out of their salary.